I-2SEA Submarine Cable System

I-2SEA Submarine Cable System Latest News

Lightstorm, a Singaporean carrier-neutral infrastructure solutions provider, recently signed contracts with Microsoft, Singtel, and Tata Communications to launch the India- Southeast Asia (I-2SEA) submarine cable system.

About I-2SEA Submarine Cable System

• India-Southeast Asia (I-2SEA) is a 3,600-kilometer optical fibre subsea cable system that will connect India’s east coast directly to Singapore and Malaysia.  
• A consortium comprising Lightstorm, Microsoft, Singtel, and Tata Communications has commissioned the project. 
• It is projected to be Ready-for-Service (RFS) by the fourth quarter of 2029. 
• It has been specifically engineered to support the rapidly growing demand for AI infrastructure. 
• It is being built for hyperscalers, GPU infrastructure providers, and enterprises that need high-capacity links for AI training and inference workloads between India and Southeast Asia. 
• It will connect Singapore and Kuala Lumpur directly to India’s east coast cities of Hyderabad and Chennai. 
• The landing stations, to be operated by Lightstorm, will be located in Machilipatnam, providing the shortest subsea access to Hyderabad, and the other at a new landing location in South Chennai.
• I-2SEA will use a deep cable burial strategy, targeting a depth of three metres across buried sections. 
  • The approach is meant to improve protection and uptime, a critical factor for cables that carry internet traffic, cloud services, and financial data across regions.

News: ET

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